![]() Fast-paced and heartwarming, this story captures the essence of familial duty through a warm family dynamic and a child protagonist with genuine agency. Considering her family legacy, Shenice struggles to maintain her focus as captain while following Jack’s clues to clear JonJon’s name. When Shenice meets her great-uncle Jack, JonJon’s brother, in an assisted living facility, she learns that her great-grandfather was almost one of the first Black MLB players-until he was kicked out of the league for a theft that Jack insists JonJon was framed for. Now captain of the Fulton Firebirds, the first all-Black team in Georgia’s Dixie Youth Softball Association, her goal is to lead her team to the championship and send a message that “girls like us do belong on the field.” When that goal sees a setback, Shenice’s father gives her Great-Grampy JonJon’s mitt “as a reminder of what’s in you.” But the item that truly captures her attention in JonJon’s off-limits trunk is his leather journal-and his story. Nic lives in Atlanta with her adorable little family. ![]() Twelve-year-old Shenice “Lightning” Lockwood has been playing “base-related ball” her whole life-just like her father, grandfather, and great-grandfather before her. Nic spent several years on the softball field as a kid, and her YA book Fast Pitch grew out of her love of the sport and the movie The Sandlot, and her desire to see more Black female athletes represented on the field and on the page. ![]() Black girl magic hits a home run in Stone’s (Clean Getaway) latest novel. ![]()
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